On 11/21, Stefan Beller wrote: > Signed-off-by: Stefan Beller <sbel...@google.com> > Signed-off-by: Junio C Hamano <gits...@pobox.com> > --- > Documentation/technical/api-submodule-config.txt | 7 +++++-- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/technical/api-submodule-config.txt > b/Documentation/technical/api-submodule-config.txt > index 768458580f..a91c1f085e 100644 > --- a/Documentation/technical/api-submodule-config.txt > +++ b/Documentation/technical/api-submodule-config.txt > @@ -55,8 +55,11 @@ Functions > > The same as above but lookup by name. > > -If given the null_sha1 as commit_or_tree the local configuration of a > -submodule will be returned (e.g. consolidated values from local git > +Whenever a submodule configuration is parsed in > `parse_submodule_config_option` > +via e.g. `gitmodules_config()`, it will be overwrite the entry with the sha1
s/will be overwrite/will overwrite > +zeroed out. So in the normal case, when HEAD:.gitmodules is parsed first and > +then overlayed with the repository configuration, the null_sha1 entry > contains > +the local configuration of a submodule (e.g. consolidated values from local > git > configuration and the .gitmodules file in the worktree). > > For an example usage see test-submodule-config.c. > -- > 2.11.0.rc2.18.g0126045.dirty > -- Brandon Williams
